Qualification

- PhD- Tezpur University
- M.A (Mass Communication & Journalism)- Tezpur University
- NET

Publication

Sana, R. Y. (2023). Anti-Colonial Performance Traditions in Manipur: 
Perspectives from Shumang Kumhei Theatre. Etropic: Electronic Journal of 
Studies in the Tropics, 22(1), 100–118. James Cook University, Australia 
(Scopus-indexed).

Paper Presentation

Music, childhood and everyday crisis in Manipur: Reading Imphal Talkies's 
peace narrative in their ‘A Native Tongue Called Peace’ at the National Seminar 
on Children Growing Up in Conflict Zones and Peace Efforts: Focus in North 
East India, organized by NESRC (North Eastern Social Research Center), 
Guwahati on 19–20 September, 2025. 
 Imagining pathways of peace: Indigenous aesthetics and communication 
strategies in Shumang Kumhei at the 29th AMIC International Conference, 
Bandung, Indonesia (2023). 
 Performing possibilities: Shumang Kumhei’s approach to peace and conflict 
resolution, at the Two days National Seminar on National Integration and 
Cultural Exchange, Mizoram University on 15-16 May, 2023. 
 Indigeneity and immanence in Sumang Kumhei performance: Rhizomatic past 
to an arborescent present? at the Four Days National Conference on Rethinking 
Folklore, FOlklife and Cultural Memory, Centre for North East Studies and 
Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 21-25 January, 2022. 

 Modernity or cultural hegemony in the matrix of modernity: Understand New 
Media in Popularizing Mass Culture at the Two days National Seminar on 
Modernity and Indegeneity: Shifting Perspectives in Culture, Literature and 
language organized by the Department of English, Rajiv Gandhi University, 
Arunachal Pradesh on 5-6 March, 2020. 
 Impact of Media on Indigenous People and Language: A study of the Apatani 
tribe of Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh at the International Seminar on 
Culture, Tourism, Indigenous People and Sustainable Development 
organized by Centre for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development , Manipur 
University, Imphal on 15-17 February ,2019. 
 Conflict reporting in Northeast India: A case of Naga Peace Framework 
Agreement, at the Two days Seminar and Workshop on Gandhian Philosophy 
and peace Journalism organized by Department of Mass Communication and 
Journalism, Tezpur University and Gandhian Smriti and Daeshan Samiti, 
New Delhi on 21-22 February, 2018.